Boyfriend arrested in French Camp killing

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Mar 16, 2013 at 12:01 AM

FRENCH CAMP - Detectives spent hours on a rural San Joaquin County road Friday night investigating the shooting death of a woman who died moments after someone called authorities to report a disturbance at her home.

Jason Anderson

FRENCH CAMP - Detectives spent hours on a rural San Joaquin County road Friday night investigating the shooting death of a woman who died moments after someone called authorities to report a disturbance at her home.

The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office dispatched deputies to the 10200 block of South Janet Road in French Camp after someone at the woman's home called 911 about 4:20 p.m. to report a disturbance, Lt. Jim Cannon said. While deputies were en route, the woman was shot and killed, Cannon said.

The woman's name was not released pending notification of relatives, Cannon said, but neighbors said a woman lived at the home with a man and three children, including a newborn baby. Cannon said witnesses told investigators they saw two children running from the home after the shooting. No one else inside the home was injured, Cannon said.

One neighbor said she often heard the man yelling at the woman and the sound of gunfire on the property.

"Just two days ago, I heard the baby crying very loud, and the man was screaming at him," Alicia Bolanos said. "We used to hear a lot of shooting in the backyard, but we never said anything, because he looks like a person who's very aggressive."

Bolanos said the man and woman moved into the house less than a year ago. She said her daughter used to play with the couple's children, but she instructed her daughter to stop going to the couple's home.

"I didn't like it," Bolanos said. "I told her not to go over there, because there were a lot of arguments and there was a lot of shooting."